exotic britain

[clackdish]

have wondered about this for a while and done some research and think it would make a good series for tv ha ha, looking at the thread about the swordfish it made me think about how many species most folk think of as 'foreign' habit our shores i know of seahorse colonies as far north as scotland
and we have populations of scorpions down south, how many more do people know of that have settled here that would be assumed to be exotic ?
apologies if there is a similar thread else where on here and shame on me for not looking but hey its late and i need my bed ha ha, looking forward to any input

[Amoeba]

Crickets possibly? If I'm correct, they're not very common in the UK and they're entirely absent in Scotland, the sorts of insects you'd expect to hear when you're on holiday overseas.

[Susie]

Parakeets.

[connerlake]

Mini kangaroo's aka wallabies.

[Kayleigh]

Hummingbird hawkmoths have started breeding here now having made their own way here..
but muntjack deer were escapees..

[Adam Cheeseman]

Do you mean those that have been introduced (accidentally/deliberately) such as Ring-necked Parakeets or those that have colonised naturally such as Little Egret? Or are you not differentiating?

Cheers,

Adam

[solus]

Stick insects, Isles of Scilly. Accidental introductions on plants for Tresco Abbey Gardens.

[clackdish]

not differentiating just that they are breeding here

[pressld2]

How about wasp spiders? Did they get here under their own steam (and if so, how?) or were they introduced either accidentally or deliberately?

Dave P.

[clackdish]

The European yellow-tailed scorpion, or Euscorpus flavicaudis
residing in Sheerness Dockyard. It's the largest and most well known wild scorpion colony in the UK. it's thought there are over 10,000 now living in the crevices of the walls at Sheerness Docks.